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This sort of makes me feel better about deciding to hold off until later this year. I have not so fond memories of trying to track down a Wii when it launched.
A Twisty Fluken said:Just called my gamestop, they're like 3 short and they said they're doing first come first served for those who reserved. Awful. They're hoping to get a few more in but seriously.
EDIT: This is the South Campus Gateway store near the OSU campus in Columbus Ohio, so it might just be an issue in cities named Columbus.
I think that stores near colleges ALWAYS seem to have a ton of preorders for stuff.A Twisty Fluken said:Just called my gamestop, they're like 3 short and they said they're doing first come first served for those who reserved. Awful. They're hoping to get a few more in but seriously.
EDIT: This is the South Campus Gateway store near the OSU campus in Columbus Ohio, so it might just be an issue in cities named Columbus.
Skiesofwonder said:LOL @ your edit.
Is it a big Gamestop Store (or is it having a midnight/early release)? The small ones so far don't seem to be having this problem. But yeah that really really really sucks.
Father_Brain said:Called my GameStop, was told that they would have no trouble fulfilling preorders. Guess it varies from store to store.
With the launch allocations already sitting in the backroom, wouldn't they know when to stop taking preorders?ZealousD said:As somebody who's worked at GameStop for a long time, it's possible this may change. People are notoriously dumb for waiting until the last minute to preorder. I always love working the day before a major game launch, because my preorder numbers shoot through the roof.
ZealousD said:As somebody who's worked at GameStop for a long time, it's possible this may change. People are notoriously dumb for waiting until the last minute to preorder. I always love working the day before a major game launch, because my preorder numbers shoot through the roof.
GameStop already stopped taking preorders on the blue 3DS. I guess it all depends on when they stop taking preorders for the black one.
FoneBone said:With the launch allocations already sitting in the backroom, wouldn't they know when to stop taking preorders?
Yeah, that's why I find it amusing that ZealousD is calling the late preorderers "dumb" - they're not the dumb ones in that scenario.JackFrost said:No. The dopes I just spoke to didnt have any clue what i was asking. I asked "Im hearing some gamestops oversold preorders and the system after that differs from store to store.Whats your policy? Do I wait early or am I good because I paid in full in December?" the answer I got was "Yeah we have the 3DSs in backroom, it goes on sale on Sunday" after that I proceeded to ask my questions again and got "well we didnt count anything yet so call back" lol
FoneBone said:With the launch allocations already sitting in the backroom, wouldn't they know when to stop taking preorders?
FoneBone said:Yeah, that's why I find it amusing that ZealousD is calling the late preorderers "dumb" - they're not the dumb ones in that scenario.
Father_Brain said:...and I preordered the blue one. Did you mean that all stores have halted preorders on it?
ZealousD said:When I was working yesterday, we received an e-mail that yesterday was the last day to preorder the blue 3DS. Did you preorder the blue one TODAY?
ZealousD said:When I was working yesterday, we received an e-mail that yesterday was the last day to preorder the blue 3DS. Did you preorder the blue one TODAY?
FoneBone said:I never bothered to switch after the SKUs were entered. I can't say I really care that much which one they end up giving me - was it black by default, or what?
FoneBone said:I never bothered to switch after the SKUs were entered. I can't say I really care that much which one they end up giving me - was it black by default, or what?
StickSoldier said:What the fuck gamestop, I just called mine and dude told me he couldn't say how many preorders they got so I then asked him if they had enough 3DS to cover the preorders, and he said "well we started to get them in today", but he wasn't sure. Sigh, he then told me that they got some email today about something with the 3DS, to which he then read it to me and it said something about they had to delay the 3DS event on the weekend due to some issue and it wouldn't be until April 2nd that they had the event. What the hell is the event? He doesn't even know, and it didn't specify the launch, it just said event. He told me that I need to call back later to make sure that they're still having launch on Sunday.. If I find out that they aren't, I'm canceling it and going to go to Walmart.
meltingparappa said:First come, first served? Instead of the chronological order of who pre-ordered first?
Is it possible someone would have to wait in TWO lines for their pre-order?
This kind of savagery is why I'm willing to wait a few extra days for an amazon shipment.
JackFrost said:The "Event" is probably this http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/events/3dsdemo0402/ Just a 3ds demo event that has them on display
EDIT: thats probably it cause it my store and a shitload near me was listed yesterday and just now theres nothing listed there for my area
No changing info on the order doesnt reset positionAz987 said:So I preordered through Amazon like an hour after it went up on the site but then I had to change the shipping address and payment method last month. Does that mean I basically placed the order last month?
antonz said:No changing info on the order doesnt reset position
What's your avatar?JackFrost said:
Somnia said:*copies from 3ds thread by me*
***ALL OF THIS IS BASED OFF YESTERDAY*** Based off e-mails and talking with my DM 95% of all pre-orders should be guranteed. The only ones that might have issues are the ones that were reserved this week as Nintendo is not shipping out as many as originally told. I know personally my store is getting the exact number I have reserved in my system (already have them). We were told to stop taking Blue reserves as of last night.
Now talking with my guys today we got an e-mail saying to continue taking blues for at least today as Nintendo sent an extra shipment that was not expected.
I think everyone will be fine if you reserved at GameStop.
Josh7289 said:That's why stores should take a conservative number of pre-orders like they seem to do in Japan.
Josh7289 said:What's your avatar?
kunonabi said:So are the games up for sale or just display? I might want to head out to Walmart early to ensure picking up samurai warriors.
kunonabi said:So are the games up for sale or just display? I might want to head out to Walmart early to ensure picking up samurai warriors.
Never gets old, especially for those of us who got up a little earlier to make sure they got one. I lolled at that all the way through Twilight Princess.Deku said:You can walk in on launch day and get one.
The votes are in! Its 55% Cosmo Black and 46% Aqua Blue. 3/27 is almost here!